take-out etc. (was: kosher & halal)

[ANNE V. GILBERT]

Peter:

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From: "Peter A. McGraw" <pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: take-out etc. (was: kosher & halal)


> BTW, what ever happened to "carry-out"?  I first ran across "take-out" on
a
> visit to Canada many years ago.  It struck me as a very distinctive
> Canadianism.  I don't know when it happened, but somehow in the
intervening
> years, "take-out" seems to have completely replaced "carry-out" in the
U.S.
>
> (While America sleeps, that notorious Canadian linguistic imperialism
> strikes again! :)
>

"Take out" is Canadian imperialism???????  But OTOH, maybe I'm missing
something here?
Anne G